The names listed here are used in France and other French-speaking regions. See also about French names.

ADÉLAÏDE   f   French
French form of ADELAIDE

ADÈLE   f   French
French form of ADELA

ADELINE   f   French, English
Diminutive of ADÈLE

ADRIENNE   f   French
French feminine form of ADRIAN

AGATHE   f   French, German, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Ancient Greek
Cognate of AGATHA

AGLAÉ   f   French
French form of AGLAIA

AGNÈS   f   French, Catalan
French and Catalan form of AGNES

AIMÉE   f   French
French form of AMY

ALBERTINE   f   French
French feminine form of ALBERT

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, French, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALEXANDRIE   f   French (Rare)
French variant of ALEXANDRA

ALEXANDRINE   f   French, German
French and German elaborated form of ALEXANDRA... [more]

ALEXIS   m & f   German, French, English, Greek, Ancient Greek
From the Greek name Αλεξις (Alexis), which meant "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, to help"... [more]

ALICE   f   English, French, Portuguese, Italian
From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis (see ADELAIDE)... [more]

ALINE   f   French, English
Medieval short form of ADELINE... [more]

ALISON   f   English, French
Norman French diminutive of Aalis (see ALICE)... [more]

ALIX   f   French
Medieval French variant of ALICE

ALPHONSINE   f   French
French feminine diminutive of ALFONSO

AMANDINE   f   French
French diminutive of AMANDA

AMARANTE   f   French (Rare)
French form of AMARANTHA

AMBRE   f   French
French cognate of AMBER

AMÉLIE   f   French
French form of AMELIA

ANAÏS   f   Provençal, Catalan, French
Provençal and Catalan form of ANNA

ANASTASIE   f   French
French form of ANASTASIA

ANDRÉE   f   French
French feminine form of ANDREW

ANGÈLE   f   French
French feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGELINE   f   French
French diminutive of ANGELA

ANGELIQUE   f   French
French form of ANGELICA

ANNE (1)   f   French, English, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
French form of ANNA... [more]

ANNETTE   f   French, English
French diminutive of ANNE (1)... [more]

ANOUK   f   Dutch, French
Dutch and French diminutive of ANNA

ANTOINETTE   f   French
Feminine diminutive of ANTOINE... [more]

APOLLINE   f   French
French form of APOLLONIA

ARIANE   f   French, German
French form of ARIADNE

ARIANNE   f   French
Variant of ARIANE

ARIEL   m & f   Biblical, Hebrew, English, French, Biblical Greek
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew... [more]

ARIELLE   f   French
French feminine form of ARIEL

ARIENNE   f   French (Rare)
French form of ARIADNE

ARLETTE   f   French
Norman diminutive of names beginning with the Germanic element arn "eagle"... [more]

ARMELLE   f   French
Feminine form of ARMEL

ARNAUDE   f   French
French feminine form of ARNOLD

AUDE   f   French
French feminine form of ALDO

AUGUSTINE (2)   f   French, German
French feminine form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).

AURÉLIE   f   French
French feminine form of AURELIUS

AURORE   f   French
French form of AURORA

AVRIL   f   French (Rare), English (Rare)
French form of APRIL

AXELLE   f   French
Feminine form of AXEL

BABETTE   f   French
French diminutive of ELIZABETH

BARBARA   f   English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Late Roman
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign"... [more]

BÉATRICE   f   French
French form of BEATRIX

BÉNÉDICTE   f   French
French feminine form of BENEDICT

BENJAMINE   f   French
French feminine form of BENJAMIN

BENOITE   f   French
French feminine form of BENEDICT

BERNADETTE   f   French, English
French feminine form of BERNARD... [more]

BERNARDINE   f   French
French feminine form of BERNARD

BERTHE   f   French
French form of BERTHA

BLANCHE   f   French, English
From a medieval French nickname meaning "white, fair"... [more]

BLANDINE   f   French
French form of the Roman name Blandina, which was the feminine form of Blandinus, which was itself a derivative of the cognomen BLANDUS... [more]

BRIGITTE   f   German, French
German and French form of BRIDGET

CAMILLE   f & m   French
French feminine and masculine form of CAMILLA

CARINE   f   French
French form of CARINA (1)

CAROLE   f   French
French feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLINE   f   French, English
French feminine form of CAROLUS

CATHERINE   f   French, English
French form of KATHERINE, and also a common English variant.

CÉCILE   f   French, Dutch
French form of CECILIA

CÉLESTE   f & m   French
French feminine and masculine form of CAELESTIS

CÉLESTINE   f   French
French feminine form of CAELESTINUS

CÉLINE   f   French
French feminine form of CAELINUS... [more]

CERISE   f   French
Means "cherry" in French.

CHANTAL   f   French, English, Dutch
From a French surname which was derived from a place name meaning "stony"... [more]

CHARLINE   f   French
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES

CHARLOTTE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES... [more]

CHLOÉ   f   French
French form of CHLOE

CHRISTELLE   f   French
French diminutive of CHRISTINE

CHRISTIANE   f   German, French
German and French feminine form of CHRISTIAN

CHRISTINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French form of CHRISTINA, as well as a variant in other languages.

CLAIRE   f   French, English
French form of CLARA

CLARISSE   f   French
French form of CLARICE

CLAUDE   m & f   French, English
French masculine and feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

CLAUDETTE   f   French
French feminine form of CLAUDIUS

CLAUDIE   f   French
French feminine variant of CLAUDE

CLAUDINE   f   French
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS

CLÉMENCE   f   French
French feminine form of Clementius (see CLEMENT).

CLEMENTINE   f   French
French feminine form of CLEMENT

CLOTHILDE   f   French
Variant of CLOTILDE

CLOTILDE   f   French
French form of a Germanic name which was composed of the elements hlud "famous" and hild "battle"... [more]

COLETTE   f   French
Short form of NICOLETTE... [more]

COLINE   f   French
Short form of NICOLINE

COLOMBE   f   French
French feminine form of COLUMBA

CONSTANCE   f   English, French
Medieval form of CONSTANTIA... [more]

CORALIE   f   French
Means "coral" from Latin corallium (see CORAL).

CORINNE   f   French, English
French form of CORINNA... [more]

CORNÉLIE   f   French
French form of CORNELIA

COSETTE   f   French
Meaning unknown... [more]

CUNÉGONDE   f   French
French form of KUNIGUNDE... [more]

CYRIELLE   f   French
French feminine form of CYRIL

CYRILLE   m & f   French
French form of CYRIL, sometimes used as a feminine form.

DANIÈLE   f   French
French feminine form of DANIEL

DANIELLE   f   French, English
French feminine form of DANIEL... [more]

DAPHNÉ   f   French
French form of DAPHNE

DÉBORA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, French
Spanish, Portuguese and French form of DEBORAH

DELPHINE   f   French
French form of DELPHINA

DENISE   f   French, English
French feminine form of DENIS

DÉSIRÉE   f   French
French form of DESIDERATA... [more]

DIANE   f   French, English
French form of DIANA, also regularly used in the English-speaking world.

DIANNE   f   French, English
Variant of DIANE

DIEUDONNÉE   f   French
Feminine form of DIEUDONNÉ

DOMINIQUE   f & m   French
French feminine and masculine form of DOMINIC

DONATIENNE   f   French
French feminine form of DONATO

DORIANE   f   French
French feminine form of DORIAN

DOROTHÉE   f   French
French form of DOROTHEA

ÉDITH   f   French
French form of EDITH

EDWIGE   f   French
French form of HEDWIG

ELÉONORE   f   French
French form of ELEANOR

ÉLIANE   f   French
Probably from Aeliana, the feminine form of the Roman name Aelianus, which was derived from the Roman family name AELIUS... [more]

ÉLISABETH   f   French
French form of ELIZABETH

ÉLISE   f   French
French short form of ÉLISABETH

ÉLODIE   f   French
French form of ALODIA

ÉLOÏSE   f   French
French form of ELOISE

ELVIRE   f   French
French form of ELVIRA

EMELINE   f   French
French form of Amelina (see EMMELINE).

ÉMILIE   f   French
French feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMMA   f   English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal"... [more]

EMMANUELLE   f   French
French feminine form of EMMANUEL

ERNESTINE   f   French, German, English
Feminine form of ERNEST

ESMÉ   m & f   French
Means "esteemed" or "loved" in Old French.

ESMÉE   f   French
Feminine form of ESMÉ

ESTELLE   f   English, French
From an Old French name which was derived from Latin stella, meaning "star"... [more]

ESTHER   f   English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Possibly means "star" in Persian... [more]

EUGÉNIE   f   French
French form of EUGENIA... [more]

EULALIE   f   French
French form of EULALIA

ÈVE   f   French
French form of EVE

EVE   f   English, French, Biblical
From the Hebrew name חַוָּה (Chawwah), which was derived from the Hebrew word חוה (chawah) "to breathe" or the related word חיה (chayah) "to live"... [more]

EVELINE   f   English, French
Variant of EVELINA

ÉVELYNE   f   French
French form of EVELINA

FABIENNE   f   French
French feminine form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).

FABIOLA   f   Italian, Spanish, French, German, Ancient Roman
Diminutive of FABIA... [more]

FAUSTINE   f   French
French feminine form of Faustinus (see FAUSTINO).

FÉLICIE   f   French
French form of FELICIA

FELICIENNE   f   French
French feminine form of Felicianus (see FELICIANO).

FERNANDE   f   French
French feminine form of FERDINAND

FIFI   f   French
Diminutive of JOSÉPHINE

FLAVIE   f   French
French feminine form of FLAVIUS

FLEUR   f   French, Dutch, English (Rare)
Means "flower" in French... [more]

FLEURETTE   f   French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Diminutive of FLEUR

FLORE   f   French
French form of FLORA

FLORENCE   f & m   English, French
From the Latin name Florentius or the feminine form Florentia, which were derived from florens "prosperous, flourishing"... [more]

FLORETTE   f   French (Rare)
French diminutive of FLORA

FLORIANNE   f   French
French feminine form of FLORIAN

FLORINE   f   French
French diminutive of FLORA

FRANCE   f   French
From the name of the country, sometimes considered a feminine form of FRANK (1) or short form of FRANÇOISE, both of which are ultimately related to the name of the country.

FRANCETTE   f   French
Feminine diminutive of FRANÇOIS

FRANCINE   f   French, English
Feminine diminutive of FRANÇOIS

FRANCIS   m & f   English, French
English form of the Late Latin name Franciscus which meant "Frenchman"... [more]

FRANÇOISE   f   French
Feminine form of FRANÇOIS

FRÉDÉRIQUE   f   French
French form of FREDERICA

GABRIELLE   f   French, English
French feminine form of GABRIEL... [more]

GAËLLE   f   French, Breton
Possibly a variant of GWENAËLLE

GAETANE   f   French
French feminine form of Caietanus (see GAETANO).

GENEVIÈVE   f   French
From Genovefa, a Gaulish name possibly meaning "tribe woman"... [more]

GEORGETTE   f   French
French feminine form of GEORGE

GEORGINE   f   French
French feminine form of GEORGE

GÉRALDINE   f   French
French feminine form of GERALD

GERMAINE   f   French
French feminine form of GERMAIN... [more]

GERVAISE   f   French (Rare)
French feminine form of GERVASIUS

GHISLAINE   f   French
Feminine form of GHISLAIN

GIGI   f   French
French diminutive of GEORGINE or VIRGINIE

GILBERTE   f   French
French feminine form of GILBERT

GINETTE   f   French, English (Rare)
Diminutive of GENEVIÈVE or VIRGINIE

GISÈLE   f   French
French form of GISELLE

GISELLE   f   French, English (Modern)
Derived from the Germanic word gisil meaning "hostage" or "pledge"... [more]

GODELIEVE   f   French, Dutch
French form of a Germanic name meaning "god's love" from god "god" and liob "love".

GUENIÈVRE   f   French
French form of GUINEVERE

GWENAËLLE   f   French, Breton
Feminine form of GWENAËL

GWENDOLINE   f   Welsh, English (British), French
Variant of GWENDOLEN

HANNAH   f   English, Hebrew, French, German, Biblical
From the Hebrew name חַנָּה (Channah) which meant "favour" or "grace"... [more]

HÉLÈNE   f   French
French form of HELEN

HÉLOÏSE   f   French
French form of ELOISE

HENRIETTE   f   French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
French feminine diminutive of HENRY

HERMINE   f   German, French
German and French feminine form of HERMAN, or perhaps HERMINIUS.

HONORINE   f   French
French form of Honorina, a feminine form of the Roman name Honorinus, a derivative of HONORIUS... [more]

HORTENSE   f   French, English
French feminine form of Hortensius (see HORTENSIA).

HUGUETTE   f   French
Feminine form of HUGUES

HYACINTHE   m & f   French
French masculine and feminine form of HYACINTHUS

INÈS   f   French
French form of INÉS

IRÈNE   f   French
French form of IRENE

IRIS   f   Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, French
Means "rainbow" in Greek... [more]

ISABEL   f   Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German
Medieval Provençal form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ISABELLE   f   French, English, German
French form of ISABEL